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A view of a hurricane from space approaching land, consisting of a thick, swirled white cloud around a black, central "eye" of the storm.
Hurricane

A series of internal circulatory convective systems that thrive on warm water drive hurricanes and give them their characteristic shape and cloud-free inner eyes.

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A landscape of a bog in the Scottish Highlands with water snaking through grass close to the camera. In this distance, there are mountains and hills.
Peatland carbon storage affects global climate

Human intervention can decrease peatlands’ carbon storage capacity, while increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

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Syukuro Manabe wearing a glasses, black pants, and a light blue, button down shirt- with a black device in his shirt pocket; sitting at his desk holding seismographs. There are images of the Earth and flow charts on the cork board behind him.
Syukuro Manabe

This pioneering scientist studies the sensitivity of Earth’s climate to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide, and developed critical global climate models.

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A computer generated image of the Earth with a section cut out to expose the layers of the Earth organized by color as follows: crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core. White lines, which represent P seismic waves, travel down and through each of the Earth's layers.
Using Seismology to Find Earth’s Diamonds

Using seismic waves to probe the mantle, geophysicists have determined that there are diamonds located 100 miles below Earth’s surface.

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